In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to bring back that option for criminals sentenced to death in his state.
Rep. Paul Ray, a Republican from the northern Utah city of Clearfield, plans to introduce his proposal during Utah's next legislative session in January. Lawmakers in Wyoming and Missouri floated similar ideas this year, but both efforts stalled. Ray, however, may succeed. Utah already has a tradition of execution by firing squad, with five police officers using .30-caliber Winchester rifles to execute Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010, the last execution by rifle to be held in the state.
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Ray argues the controversial method may seem more palatable now, especially as states struggle to maneuver lawsuits and drug shortages that have complicated lethal injections.
"It sounds like the Wild West, but it's probably the most humane way to kill somebody," Ray said.
Utah eliminated execution by firing squad in 2004, citing the excessive media attention it gave inmates. But those sentenced to death before that date still had the option of choosing it, which is how Gardner ended up standing in front of five armed Utah police officers. Gardner was sentenced to death for fatally shooting a Salt Lake City attorney in 1985 while trying to escape from a courthouse.
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Works for me....much simpler. They need to use a little bit more expediency in the process though, no matter which method they use.
The so-called botched execution was a wonderful thing.The worthless scum only suffered? for a few moments. His victim suffered a lot longer. The reason for the question on suffering is we do not know how the person suffered. It may have been just a big wounderful trip with an end.
One botched execution of a criminal does not make the entire system suspect. If adding a firing squad as a method of execution is fine. People need to remember that we are talking about CRIMINALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE DEATH PENALTY AS PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR CRIMES. Forgive me if I don't shed a tear.
Place the condemned on a gurney in the execution chamber. Pull the curtain, inject a sedative to knock the condemned out. His brain is hooked into a heart/lung machine. Surgeons go to work removing all organs for transplants. One person can save up to eight lives through organ donation—and they can improve the lives of over a hundred people through tissue donation. Once the procedure is completed and the inmate's body covered with a blanket secured with straps, the curtain is opened and a executioner injects the lethal cocktail into the prisoners brain killing it. His debt to society is paid as it gives at least 8 people their lives back and a 100 more to recover.
Hanging when done properly can bring death quickly and still be able to have organs harvested for transplants.
The guillotine can be effective by using hydraulics with a Ginsu blade. Ever see how easily a ream of paper is cut? Like a hot knife through butter.
Or do it like the Hussein brothers in Iraq, drop them into a wood chipper and turn them into dog food.
Tom Horn killed himself by stepping on a trap door. A computer could do the same thing simply by a person stepping on a floor plate.
From the mind of Vincent Price, ha,ha,haaaa!
IT WORKED VERY EFFICENTLY IN THE PAST SO WHY NOT NOW!
To Jerry Milam Sr.
Sir, I am 100% on board with you! a Public hanging for all concerned, carried on FOX-the others would not touch it. The mechanism for the gallows can be lubricated with PIG GREASE, which I think would be most appropriate for the parties concerned!
Mr Ray is on the right track but his concern for humane e/edition is misplaced ... his concern should be for the families of murder victims ... enduring that they are treated humanely should be the first priority of justice.
As for condemned killers, efficiency and wise use of limited judicial resources se should be a prime concern in the carrying-out properly adjudicated death sentences ... bullets, electricution, hot shots of heroin or battery acid ... I don't care so long as the criminal vermin exits the planet at least cost possible.
I really like the bumper sticker that says:
Be a Hero.
Save a Whale.
Save a Baby;
GO TO JAIL!
Did anyone see my earlier idea for the new slogan for Planned Parenthood?
No Fetus can BEAT us!
How about a similar punishment for those killing all of THOSE innocents?!
Any time I can read, or see something that does not have THE STENCH, of Washington D.C., I love it. Not being a believer in the death penalty,this caught my attention. Then after reading a little of it, the first thought to pop up was; Sounds like a fitting penalty for Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama, for the treason they committed in Benghazi.There is also congressional complicity in this as well. A set up to arm our enemy terrorists Muslim Brotherhood, and more, to overthrow the legitimate governments of our allies, Egypt, and Libya, which they did. IF, that is not treason, WHAT IS???
I can think of a few individuals we could start with, but I won't mention any names....
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